From 9793e1c1cd14369ef90386b5bfcecd25b8f272b0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "R.B. Boyer" <4903+rboyer@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2021 12:28:34 -0600
Subject: [PATCH] api: ensure new partition fields are omit empty for back
 compat (#11585)

---
 .changelog/11585.txt     | 3 +++
 api/connect_intention.go | 4 ++--
 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 .changelog/11585.txt

diff --git a/.changelog/11585.txt b/.changelog/11585.txt
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..563a86aa6
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changelog/11585.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+```release-note:bug
+api: ensure new partition fields are omit empty for compatibility with older versions of consul
+```
diff --git a/api/connect_intention.go b/api/connect_intention.go
index 95be9ebb3..734d4ab0f 100644
--- a/api/connect_intention.go
+++ b/api/connect_intention.go
@@ -32,8 +32,8 @@ type Intention struct {
 
 	// SourcePartition and DestinationPartition cannot be wildcards "*" and
 	// are not compatible with legacy intentions.
-	SourcePartition      string
-	DestinationPartition string
+	SourcePartition      string `json:",omitempty"`
+	DestinationPartition string `json:",omitempty"`
 
 	// SourceType is the type of the value for the source.
 	SourceType IntentionSourceType